IntroductionIn this small tutorial, I will explain how to compile the game on a FreeBSD system. I will use the latest release of FreeBSD which is the 9.1 today with the bootonly CD on a amd64 system.

Content

Why

Getting the tools

Getting the code

Compilation

Update

Troubles

WhyThere are few reasons that may motivate you from compiling SG from source:

You want to do some beta testing on this not so well known platform

You want to discover the new changes in the game code because you are a bsd user.

Or you want to get the game working without the linux-compatible mode on your server/own machine

Getting the toolsFor being sure I haven't missed anything, I'll start with a really empty FreeBSD installation and I will be quite fast in the explanations since those users do know how to type a console command and may have done those steps already